NJ reports 16 COVID deaths and 2,519 cases. Currently, seven counties are at high risk of infection.

Thursday New Jersey reported 2,519 COVID-19 (new coronavirus infection) Confirmed cases and 16 new confirmed deaths as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped four counties from the “high” risk of infection, leaving seven counties where indoor masking was recommended.

The 7-day average of confirmed cases in New Jersey was 2,266 on Thursday, a 22% decrease from a week ago and a 41% decrease from a month ago.

The state-wide positive rate for tests conducted on Saturday, the latest day with available data, was 14.56%. The Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers positive rates above 10% to be “high.”

The transmission rate for the entire state on Thursday was 0.86. A transmission rate of less than 1 indicates that the outbreak is reduced because less than one new case occurs for each new case.

Case numbers, infection rates, and hospitalization rates have declined in recent weeks.

As of Wednesday night, 71 hospitals in the state reported 789 cases of confirmed or suspected cases of coronavirus. Hospitalization remains significantly lower than when it peaked at 6,089 on January 10 during the Omicron wave.

Of the hospitalized patients, 86 received intensive care and 35 were on mechanical ventilation. According to the report, at least 160 people were discharged in the 24 hours until Wednesday. State data..

America Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Currently, seven counties in New Jersey with “high” transmission rates are listed: Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Monmouth, Morris, and Salem.

According to the CDC, people in high-risk areas are advised to wear masks indoors and in public transport to get the latest information on vaccinations.

Eleven counties of Bergen, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex and Union belong to the medium risk category. Masks are not recommended in medium-risk and low-risk areas.

Cumberland, Hunterdon and Warren are listed as low risk.

Total number

New Jersey has reported a total of 2,097,491 confirmed COVID-19 cases in more than two years since the state reported the first known cases on March 4, 2020.

Garden State has also recorded approximately 350,413 positive antigens or rapid tests, which are considered possible cases. And there are probably many uncounted cases, including home-based positive tests that are not included in the state count.

The 9.2 million resident state reported 33,912 COVID-19 deaths — 30,831 confirmed deaths and 3,081 possible deaths.

For new jersey Eighth most deaths from coronavirus per capita As of the latest data reported on Monday, it is behind Mississippi, Arizona, Oklahoma, Alabama, West Virginia, Tennessee, and Arkansas in the United States. last summer, The state has caused the most deaths Per capita of the country.

The latest numbers are: Major research It has become clear that even mild cases of COVID-19 can have significant effects on the brain. Long COVID (a term commonly used to describe symptoms caused by a virus long after a person is not positive on the test) is 10 of people with an infection, whether mild or severe. It is known to affect% to 30%. case.

In New Jersey, this means that about 600,000 of the more than 2 million people tested positive for COVID have had or had a long COVID since the onset of the pandemic.

Vaccination number

Of the 8.46 million eligible people living, working or studying in New Jersey, more than 6.92 million have been vaccinated for the first time, 7.8 million since vaccination began here on December 15, 2020. More than one person has been vaccinated for the first time.

More than 3.92 million people in the booster states have received boosters.That number may increase later FDA approves booster shots for healthy kids aged 5 to 11.. US regulators have approved boosters for children who want additional vaccinations to enhance their protection as the infection continues to spread.

School and care number

In the week ending June 5, 52.9% of schools reported data, and an additional 5,799 COVID-19 cases were reported between school-wide staff (2,099) and students (3,700) in New Jersey.

Since the start of the school year, there have been 140,385 students and 42,433 school staff who have signed COVID-19 in New Jersey, but more than two-thirds of the school districts do not report data in any week in the state. ..

The state provides total cases of students and staff, apart from what is considered an in-school infection. It is narrowly defined as three or more cases linked by contact tracing.

A total of 965 outbreaks have been reported in New Jersey, including 6,997 for students and staff. This includes eight new outbreaks of the latest weekly report ending June 6. The state reported 33 outbreaks in the school last week.

According to the state, at least 9,158 deaths from COVID-19 occur among residents and staff in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. State data..

According to the latest data, there were active outbreaks at 363 facilities, with 4,473 inhabitants and 4,123 staff.

Global number

As of Thursday, more than 537 million COVID-19 cases have been reported worldwide. Johns Hopkins UniversityAnd more than 6.3 million people died from the virus.

The United States reports the highest number of cases (more than 85.9 million) and deaths (at least 1,012,840) in any country.

Over 11.55 billion doses of vaccine have been administered worldwide.

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